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Teaching For Higher Levels Of Thinking: Developing Quantitative And Analytical Skills In Environmental Science Courses, Adriana Bravo, Ana Porzecanski, Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Denny S. Fernandez Del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, Donna Vogler
Teaching For Higher Levels Of Thinking: Developing Quantitative And Analytical Skills In Environmental Science Courses, Adriana Bravo, Ana Porzecanski, Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Denny S. Fernandez Del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, Donna Vogler
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Professionals with strong quantitative and analytical skills are essential to understanding and responding to current environmental challenges. The goal of this study was to promote and evaluate the development of data analysis (DA) skills in undergraduate students through targeted interventions in environmental science courses. We developed materials to promote practice, instruction, and assessment of four core DA dimensions: the ability to make appropriate calculations, convert data to graphical representations, interpret graphical or mathematical information, and draw conclusions based on the analysis of data. We integrated two conservation exercises as pre/post assessment tools, flanking differentiated teaching interventions, into selected science courses …